Media
The work and activities of the Godrej India Culture Lab have drawn the attention of the media ever since our inception. Here is a selection of some of the coverage we’ve received. If you’re from the press and would like to visit our lab, attend some of our events, or would like specific images of certain events, please mail us on indiaculturelab@godrejinds.com
Live Mint
Desire should shake you down, crawl under your skin: Geeta Patel
Geeta Patel was at the Godrej India Culture Lab last month, in conversation with Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy, writer-film-maker Paromita Vohra and activist Bishakha Datta, for a discussion on sex, gender, desire and freedom. 30 May 2017
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To infinity and beyond with Parmesh Shahani
Lab head Parmesh Shahani spoke about being a curator of ideas, the exciting stuff we are doing at the Lab, building collaborative alliances between cultural organisations, and more in this interview with AF Magazine India Nepal.13 May 2017
Read MoreThe Hindu
Freedom of expression is dear to the documentary fraternity
Anjali Monteiro and K. P. Jayasankar will talk about their book A Fly in the Curry, an ehaustive history of independent documentaries from India at the Godrej India Culture Lab today.5 May 2017
Read MoreThe Times of India
Egyptian-American writer uses words and body to steer social and sexual revolution
Minutes before taking the stage for an adda on sex, feminism and female desires at the Godrej India Culture Lab on Tuesday, Mona Eltahawy pointed at a scar on her left wrist that hides a titanium plate with five screws underneath.23 April 2017
Read MoreFirstpost
Feminism is not about shutting things down. It's about claiming your pleasure: Geeta Patel
The Godrej India Culture Lab in Mumbai turned into an 'adda' of the feminist kind on Tuesday, 18 April 2017 with panelists such as journalist and documentary filmmaker Paromita Vohra who runs the website Agents of Ishq, US-Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy, disability rights activist Bishakha ...22 April 2017
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What Bollywood icon's fatherhood says about India's attitude to homosexuality
Johar’s news, if anything, is a reminder to the gay community of what they cannot have. “I do hope to have children myself,” said Parmesh Shahani, head of the Godrej India Culture Lab, and author of the non-fiction book, Gay Bombay: Globalisation, Love and (Be)Longing in Contemporary India, sai...12 March 2017
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New Left for Fashion
In collaboration with SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action), an NGO that works in Mumbai’s Dharavi district, the Godrej India Culture Lab organized “Fashion Funda—A Dharavi Design Dialogue”. Moderated by Godrej India Culture Lab’s head Parmesh Shahani, it explored design in...18 February 2017
Read MoreMid-Day
Nusrat Durrani: The counter-revolution is love
From producing Madly — an omnibus of six love stories among which was Anurag Kashyap’s Clean Shaven — to creating Rebel Music series, MTV’s acclaimed documentary series on musicians and artists practising in areas of conflict, Nusrat Durrani is an agent of love. But, make no mistake; Durrani is...26 January 2017
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